CLEAN

importance of AND
GREEN

environmental
sanitation
The overall purposes
of sanitation are to provide a
healthy ENVIRONMENTAL
living environment for
everyone, to protect the SANITATION
natural resources (such as
surface water, groundwater,
soil), and to provide safety,
security and dignity for people
when they defecate or
urinate.

Health Promotion and

DELAYSLA,
ANGELICAGRACED. Hygiene Education
what is Environmental
health addresses all Components of Maintaining a
environ the physical,
environmental healthy
-mental chemical, and
biological factors health environment
health? external to a person,
1. PERSONAL HYGIENE
and all the related
factors impacting - Hygiene of body and
behaviours. clothing. PROPER DESIGNATED
HAND GARBAGE
2. WATER SUPPLY WASHING DISPOSALS
what is Applying sanitary,
principles and - Adequacy and safety of water for
environ knowledge to domestic, drinking and
-mental improve and recreational use.
control
sanitation? the environment an
3. HUMAN WASTE DISPOSAL AVOID
OPEN
PR O PE R
S TOR A GE OF
d factors therein - Proper waste disposal and DEFECATION FOOD

for the protection liquid waste management.

of the health and 4. SOLID AND WASTE
welfare of the MANAGEMENT
public.
- Waste production and recycling. SEPARATION
M AI N TA I N A
OF LIQUID
5. VECTOR CONTROL CLE AN
who is Low income and
- Control of mammals and
AND SOLID
WASTE
H OME
middle class
mostly families are most arthropods that transmit disease.
affected impacted by 6. FOOD HYGIENE
environment
by the especially the
- Food safety for consumption.
PROPER INTEGRATED
7. HEALTHFUL HOUSING
environ children under 5 SEWAGE
DISPOSAL
PEST
MANAGEMENT
- safety in residential home.
-ment? years old and the
adults between 50 8. INSTITUTIONAL HYGIENE
and 75 years old. - communal hygiene in public
facilities